Madden NFL 13 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[Dogslax41]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tyrant8RDFL

Are we talking prepatch or post patch? Rememeber when BB first released the running game was fine, and the passing was not. Then the Greenhouse patch released and the exact opposite happened. Where the running game became a mess and the passing game was nice. It all depends on when you played the game, and if it was with the greenhouse patch or not. Me personally prior to the greenhouse patch BB physics engine was implemeted nicely, not perfect but implemetned better than Madden IE. True?

Prepatch running was better but still had the issue with the rb and the o line. Running in space was much better but the reason for the patch was the passing game was completely broken. I would not consider that better implemented. Both have/had serious faults. I still play backbreaker to this day but would not exactly say either won the implementation prize.

What I will say after thinking about it was that they did do a much better job of limiting movement within momentum constraints, but they kind of cheated. The made you round off all your cuts unless you used the juke button but it did play out more realistic that the twitch of madden. Arrggh, you are making me start to see areas ea should have had fixed even in their first go

[Franchise408]

Add Ahmad Bradhshaw blowing through a clean Patrick Willis tackle in the backfield and going for 78 to the list of cheat logic.

Also, what's with there being no down and distance info during the ppaycall screen???

[Franchise408]

I retract my statement about the down and distance info. My game must have been glitching, it shows up now.

[StrawHat Patriot]

I don't know why people are saying "EA does this and you guys still bash no it, praise them for moving in the right direction".

Am I happy they made the attempt at improving the game? yes

Should I ignore the past and pretend that EA has been giving good games? not really, it's hard too

Is the game only good because the potential this series has? no

IF they are going to implement something, they should do it well.

It's saying the portable computer this company created is good just because it has potential, even though the product itself is bad.

[qetuonz]

I think the presentation and commentary is great. Can’t ask for a lot more in that department.
IE is kind of random and doesn’t look tidy all the time, but the end result of each tackle generally makes sense, which is what we are after. What bugs me is the tackled player often lies on the ground for several seconds, like he is injured, and 2 or 3 players trip over him like infants learning to walk... not so much like pro athletes.
I am worried about the stats not tracking assist tackles and when sorting the stats the cursor flicks back to the name - eg. sort receiving column by 'drops' and it flicks back to the name so you have to scroll all the way back again to see the drops stat.
All in all, a positive step from my point of view.

[slick589]

Has anyone been able to confirm how old the build is?

Ive been pretty harsh on madden this year especially since they removed editing because they couldnt get it implemented perfectly and put in a new engine that many of us knew wouldnt be perfect.

That being said if they can tweak the physics on tackles and post play and make the game play and feel more realistic than the demo i will play and enjoy madden 13 until next year.

[misterkrabz]

Not impressed with what EA is calling "real time physics". After seeing it, I think I would prefer to have "real time player response to my button pushes". Players don't dive or attempt to catch passes when I push the corresponding button.The collisions look stupid as players fall over is weird (illogical) directions like bowling pins. I played the demo for about two hours then dropped in NCAA 13 and I have to say I prefer NCAA 13. I have no real compelling reason to buy Madden.

I honestly think what EA is calling "real time physics" has no impact on the game. I can't really tell any noticeable difference what so ever between Madden and NCAA other than the control in Madden is much more laggy and unresponsive (and more frustrating). Needless to say I'm really disappointed with the demo and will pass on the game this year and just play NCAA 13.

IMO the game is literally unplayable in its current form. The controls are so sloppy on defense that the first time I played defense it took probably 6 or7 plays before I could position the man I was controlling in a spot where I could make play on the ball. And that was just by chance. On defense you might as well just put the controller down and let the AI play...it's very frustrating.

[Dogslax41]

Quote: Originally Posted by slick589

Has anyone been able to confirm how old the build is? Ive been pretty harsh on madden this year especially since they removed editing because they couldnt get it implemented perfectly and put in a new engine that many of us knew wouldnt be perfect. That being said if they can tweak the physics on tackles and post play and make the game play and feel more realistic than the demo i will play and enjoy madden 13 until next year.

Approx 8-10 weeks. There is a retail video out where you can see a retail tackle. Running back tension looks better but there are stil wrapping issues.